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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 10:13 AM
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48. So if we don't think we have the right
to dictate what others see or hear, we're "sheeple".



OK, here's what I figure..

Liberals are unlikely to change their views based on the trash floating around on Fux News.


Nutty Conservatives are unlikely to change their views if something OTHER than Fux News is broadcast.


Each side thinks it's "right".


We're not talking about sticking a kid in front of propaganda TV for hours a day here...we're talking about a certain channel playing on some TVs in a store where adults are shopping...they're paying attention to the product...quality...price....appearance...

Oh well. It's no skin off my nose. I mean, it would really be hilarious to know that people who refuse to buy a quality product or get quality service from some place that has Fux News playing on its TVs go someplace else where the programming is more acceptable and end up getting screwed over with shitty product or service.

Whoo hoo!!! Sure showed them, yeah!

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  -The Sears store in our town had Fox News playing on half the TV sets in the electronics section. county worker  Jan-16-11 11:38 PM   #0 
  - Just out of curiosity...  Cid_B   Jan-16-11 11:40 PM   #1 
  - What was playing on the other half of the TV's?  OneTenthofOnePercent   Jan-16-11 11:43 PM   #2 
  - Sports. I'd bet my life it was sports. nt  valerief   Jan-16-11 11:46 PM   #3 
     - I think if half or more of the other TVs are counterpoint or entertaining... then it's ok.  OneTenthofOnePercent   Jan-17-11 07:17 AM   #27 
  - You should get one of these:  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-17-11 12:00 AM   #4 
  - good idea  glinda   Jan-17-11 01:00 PM   #62 
  - What I'd like is one that changes channels, not just the on/off switch.  calimary   Jan-17-11 05:41 PM   #78 
  - Thats when you casually turn them off one by one  DJ13   Jan-17-11 12:00 AM   #5 
  - Good for you, county worker!  pacalo   Jan-17-11 12:12 AM   #6 
  - I glad you had the presence of mind  LemmingWarrior   Jan-17-11 01:06 AM   #7 
  - Seems kinda petty  bainz   Jan-17-11 01:39 AM   #8 
  - HD signal? foxnews is cable.  Tunkamerica   Jan-17-11 02:03 AM   #10 
  - Correct. Fox is Cable.  bainz   Jan-17-11 02:12 AM   #12 
  - maybe i missed your point. Why would fox news have a better HD "signal"?  Tunkamerica   Jan-17-11 02:14 AM   #13 
     - Attenuation  bainz   Jan-17-11 02:24 AM   #15 
        - You'd choose Fox News?  Tunkamerica   Jan-17-11 02:30 AM   #17 
        - I would choose the best channel  bainz   Jan-17-11 02:43 AM   #19 
           - Showing a channel that would piss off half your customers is not a very good business move  niceypoo   Jan-17-11 09:31 PM   #94 
        - Bullshit manufactured argument  niceypoo   Jan-17-11 09:30 PM   #93 
  - Our cable system has HD channels  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-17-11 09:46 AM   #34 
  - Part of the faux numbers game  randr   Jan-17-11 08:19 AM   #29 
  - nevermind  crazyjoe   Jan-18-11 09:44 AM   #105 
  - If it was a signal strength issue, why would half and not all TVs be set to that station?  NoGOPZone   Jan-17-11 10:05 AM   #43 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-17-11 02:13 PM   #68 
  - It is ABSOLUTELY NOT petty. It's called activism.  calimary   Jan-17-11 05:26 PM   #77 
  - Not petty---vote with your purchasing power.  roody   Jan-17-11 06:09 PM   #79 
  - I think she was just making a statement considering that a lot of....  BlueJazz   Jan-17-11 07:03 PM   #85 
  - My dentist's office has TVs right in front of all the dental chairs . . .  janet118   Jan-17-11 09:06 PM   #88 
     - Same with my dentist office.  hay rick   Jan-17-11 09:22 PM   #91 
     - It was even worse at my radiologist's office.  Fuddnik   Jan-17-11 09:56 PM   #96 
        - Welcome to DU.  hay rick   Jan-17-11 10:14 PM   #98 
     - Damn!  bengalherder   Jan-17-11 10:25 PM   #99 
  - petty? some of us choose not to give our money to corporations that cater to the reichwing.  niyad   Jan-18-11 07:49 PM   #111 
  - shut up...just shut up.....  A wise Man   Jan-19-11 11:31 AM   #113 
  - I'm sorry, but the angry tone of your message and the typos . . .  MrModerate   Jan-17-11 01:47 AM   #9 
  - didn't seem angry to me, and truthfully he did more good than just ignoring it  Tunkamerica   Jan-17-11 02:03 AM   #11 
  - I am not sure  bainz   Jan-17-11 02:19 AM   #14 
     - Sure, you can look at it that way  Tunkamerica   Jan-17-11 02:27 AM   #16 
        - I can  bainz   Jan-17-11 02:41 AM   #18 
        - Yes. You can.  Tunkamerica   Jan-17-11 02:49 AM   #20 
        - Good Post  bainz   Jan-17-11 03:04 AM   #22 
           - I'm gonna go with local manager...  Kalyke   Jan-17-11 01:40 PM   #65 
        - Agreed  Sherman A1   Jan-17-11 02:56 AM   #21 
           - And why not inform a business you avoid about why you do so? n/t  dbmk   Jan-17-11 11:21 AM   #60 
              - That is the customer's choice of course, but if you really  Sherman A1   Jan-17-11 02:21 PM   #70 
        - Not only does Sears lose the sale, but they lose the lucrative debt obligation of the OP.  JVS   Jan-17-11 07:25 AM   #28 
  - Closet fox lover?  sarcasmo   Jan-17-11 09:59 AM   #39 
  - fyi, the reply......  uppityperson   Jan-17-11 06:47 PM   #84 
  - let us know what you hear.  barbtries   Jan-17-11 04:47 AM   #23 
  - Here is their reply  county worker   Jan-17-11 06:41 PM   #83 
  - Sears rewards program  Uben   Jan-17-11 05:51 AM   #24 
  - A letter tobthe editor in the local paper would raise  MaeScott   Jan-17-11 06:09 AM   #25 
  - Were you there to be entertained by the teevee display or buy a fridge? Are  Obamanaut   Jan-17-11 06:28 AM   #26 
  - I used to work at a Sears. The sales clerk was lying to you.  WonderGrunion   Jan-17-11 08:30 AM   #30 
  - Bingo! I used to work at Sony.  MindPilot   Jan-17-11 09:05 AM   #32 
  - They better!  lonestarnot   Jan-17-11 09:42 AM   #33 
  - I just looked at TVs at Nebraska Furniture Mart  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-17-11 09:51 AM   #35 
  - The Sears I go to always seems to have a Red Sox game on during the summer  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Jan-17-11 09:59 AM   #40 
  - Got to ask the same thing as someone else above me did....  pipi_k   Jan-17-11 08:53 AM   #31 
  - Yeah  dbmk   Jan-17-11 11:00 AM   #56 
  - My dentist's office has TVs in front of each chair tuned to Fox.  janet118   Jan-17-11 09:19 PM   #90 
  - I sent a note about this to Sears  Omaha Steve   Jan-17-11 09:52 AM   #36 
  - Here is their reply  county worker   Jan-17-11 06:38 PM   #82 
     - That's fantastic! Good for you for taking the time to do this. n/t  femmedem   Jan-17-11 08:28 PM   #86 
  - Some of these replies are horrible. Wake up sheeple.  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-17-11 09:53 AM   #37 
  - Even worse, the Armed Forces Network has Rush Limbaugh on Armed Forces Radio  Harry Monroe   Jan-17-11 10:05 AM   #44 
  - Ed Schultz is on too however  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-17-11 10:09 AM   #45 
  - I can't think of anything less productive than calling people "sheeple".  Codeine   Jan-17-11 10:10 AM   #46 
  - Well that's how they are coming across  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-17-11 10:13 AM   #47 
  - It's kind of ironic, really....  pipi_k   Jan-17-11 10:20 AM   #52 
  - So if we don't think we have the right  pipi_k   Jan-17-11 10:13 AM   #48 
     - You and I are on the same side  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-17-11 10:20 AM   #51 
        - hmmm....I dunno about that...  pipi_k   Jan-17-11 10:22 AM   #53 
  - I will go in and check the local Sears in town and see if they are doing the same.  sarcasmo   Jan-17-11 09:58 AM   #38 
  - Best Buy just has Michael McDonald Live on repeat  dem mba   Jan-17-11 10:00 AM   #41 
  - I would agree. FUX News should not be on  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Jan-17-11 10:02 AM   #42 
  - hahahaha...so I'm sitting here thinking....  pipi_k   Jan-17-11 10:30 AM   #54 
     - Are you kidding?  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Jan-17-11 11:10 AM   #58 
     - You are probably right  dbmk   Jan-17-11 11:18 AM   #59 
        - The point I'm trying to make...  pipi_k   Jan-17-11 02:52 PM   #72 
           - Your right they don't have to  droidamus2   Jan-17-11 09:17 PM   #89 
           - Standing up for what someone thinks is right  pipi_k   Jan-18-11 09:32 AM   #103 
              - I don't see it as censorship  droidamus2   Jan-18-11 05:39 PM   #110 
           - You are making false equivalencies  Oak2004   Jan-17-11 09:39 PM   #95 
           - and of course....  pipi_k   Jan-18-11 09:44 AM   #106 
              - How old are you?  Oak2004   Jan-19-11 11:20 AM   #112 
           - DU is a funny place to hang out  dbmk   Jan-18-11 04:03 AM   #101 
              - It is a funny place...  pipi_k   Jan-18-11 09:38 AM   #104 
  - LOLZ...  Rebubula   Jan-17-11 10:17 AM   #49 
  - +1  Codeine   Jan-17-11 10:19 AM   #50 
  - It's quite simple. Sears has the right to play whatever TV channel they want on their TV's. And at  totodeinhere   Jan-17-11 10:33 AM   #55 
  - And the right..  dbmk   Jan-17-11 11:03 AM   #57 
  - Me either.  Pacifist Patriot   Jan-17-11 11:25 AM   #61 
  - Not quite so sure about that anymore....  BrotherLove   Jan-17-11 01:41 PM   #66 
  - Good for you!!  namelessone   Jan-17-11 01:27 PM   #63 
  - WalMart I could see  upi402   Jan-17-11 01:28 PM   #64 
  - Let Us Know Their Reply  otohara   Jan-17-11 01:53 PM   #67 
  - Here is the reply  county worker   Jan-17-11 06:31 PM   #81 
  - when I buy  sweetapogee   Jan-17-11 02:14 PM   #69 
  - They probably turn their TV's to what people want to watch.  newtothegame   Jan-17-11 02:33 PM   #71 
  - It's extremely popular with a subset of the nation  high density   Jan-17-11 04:27 PM   #73 
  - Go to turnofffox.org  rgbecker   Jan-17-11 05:00 PM   #74 
  - Good for you and thanks for rounding up the trolls so I can hide them.  kickysnana   Jan-17-11 05:08 PM   #75 
  - "Trolls"?  pipi_k   Jan-17-11 05:18 PM   #76 
  - LOL!  spooky3   Jan-17-11 10:01 PM   #97 
  - That's an interesting story, alright. n/t.  apocalypsehow   Jan-17-11 06:25 PM   #80 
  - This also applies to the number of "viewers" of Fox news.  obxhead   Jan-17-11 08:48 PM   #87 
  - DD sells TVs at Sears. They do NOT play Faux.  Doremus   Jan-17-11 09:23 PM   #92 
  - I ask for the television channel to be changed from Fox at every  Lifelong Protester   Jan-17-11 10:55 PM   #100 
  - Whenever I see Fox I always ask to have the television put on a news channel.  Pacifist Patriot   Jan-18-11 09:22 AM   #102 
     - OK now this situation is slightly different....  pipi_k   Jan-18-11 09:51 AM   #107 
  - So it would be interesting to know...  pipi_k   Jan-18-11 09:54 AM   #108 
  - hmmm, that's strange, I go to sears all the time and I've never once  crazyjoe   Jan-18-11 10:00 AM   #109 
 

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